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The program is expanding to Long Island City, Far Rockaway and Kew Gardens, among other areas.
The cans, which cost $525 apiece, will be distributed in the neighborhood over the next several days.
The "Own the 18" campaign will ask residents to clean 18 inches in front of their sidewalk.
City officials warned New Yorkers to take public transit rather than driving during the storm.
The sanitation department will start to salt roads and sidewalks ahead of the storm.
The city will pick up e-waste curbside starting Oct. 17.
The new bins are meant to keep garbage from spilling on to sidewalks and streets, officials say.
The Department of Sanitation has agreed to increase garbage pickup at the busy corridor.
CleanNYC will focus on scrubbing sidewalks, clearing litter and painting over graffiti.
Mayor de Blasio vowed that Queens streets would be cleaner Tuesday morning.
The mayor said hundreds of pieces of equipment were on their way to Queens on Sunday.
New York is bracing for up to a foot of snow Saturday into Sunday.
The boxes, made at Staten Island's Pratt Industries, promote recycling in the borough.
The proposal is part of an effort to reduce city waste to landfills to zero by 2030,
Borough President James Oddo urged businesses to help the Sanitation Department do its job.
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Mayor Bill de Blasio said terror suspect Sayfullo Saipov should be spared the death penalty.
The actress spotted the suspect outside her third-floor balcony, sources said.
A shortage of bilingual therapists has made the problem especially difficult in some districts.
The victim suffered a fractured skull base, multiple spinal fractures, bruised lungs and other injuries.
The break happened just after 4 a.m. on Pacific Street near Albany Avenue.
Officer Ryan Nash shot Sayfullo Saipov who killed eight people with a rented truck, officials said.
The new owners have no plans to change the properties, according to a realtor who brokered the deal.
The deadly attack left eight people dead and a dozen injured, officials said.
Five men from Argentina, a woman from Belgium, a West Village resident and a man from N.J. were killed.
The vote paves the way for developers to build a complex with retail space and 1,146 apartments.
The Queens County Bird Club is hoping to install two bird feeders in the park by the end of November.
Sayfullo Saipov was charged by federal prosecutors on Wednesday with aiding ISIS in a terror attack.
A new art gallery features the work of recovering addicts in East Harlem.
Catwalks, balconies, a secret staircase and elaborate ceiling panels were uncovered at the theater.
Preservation groups are writing letters — in crayon — to the library, which owns the home.